replacements
Top Gear Australia Presenter Returning To The UK; Jazz Musician James Morrison Will Be Bringing His Best Dad Jokes To The Team
11:30AM Jess McGuire | Perhaps Top Gear Australia host Charlie Cox was somewhat disappointed with the response from viewers to the Antipodean remake of the beloved British car show, or maybe – as he claims – he genuinely has too many work commitments in London. Whatever. Either way, he’s leaving the show!
Cox, who presented the first series with Steve Pizzati and Warren Brown, said he couldn’t give enough time to the show due to business commitments.
“My time on Top Gear Australia was very special and it was a fantastic opportunity to be part of launching an extraordinary series,” Cox said. “Sadly, though, I’ve lived in the UK for the past 19 years and I’m not able to give the time I want to series two.
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2:00AM STV | Doubt to Open AFI Fest: The Oscar-bait shuffle that is AFI Fest’s opening night settled down late Thursday when organisers announced Doubt as its Oct. 30 replacement for The Soloist. It will be the Meryl Streep/Philip Seymour Hoffman drama’s world premiere following a quiet test screening this summer and a private screening last night for its original Broadway cast and select press. Among them evidently was Tom O’Neil, to whom Scott Rudin expressed nervousness about sharing Doubt on the AFI stage still relatively early in Oscar season (the film opens small Dec. 12). And really, with one horse already down and only one other left in the race after this, can you blame him? OK, fine — so can we. Zip it, Rudin. [Gold Derby] More »
White Out (Or Is That In?) At ‘Today Tonight’
2:45PM Clem Bastow | For some time now, the question of who would be taking over hosting duties from Anna “Is She Or Isn’t She Leaving?” Coren on Today Tonight has become as seemingly unlikely to be answered as we once thought “Who shot JR?” or “Who is Keyser Soze?” were. Well, wonder no longer, as Seven have finally decided upon a replacement for the outgoing serious journalist – step up to the plate, Matthew White!
White started his career at The Manly Daily before presenting breakfast news on Newcastle radio and moving into television, starting at Seven four years ago.
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